Apple Kuchen

Warm butter sauce served over coffeecake lends the right touch to this apple-topped kuchen. Melted butter blended into the topping enhances the keeping quality of the sliced apples.

Ingredients

½ cup Water

¼ cup Milk

¾ cup Butter

4 Eggs

3 cups Bread Flour

½ tsp Salt

¼ tsp Sugar

4½ tsp Active Dry Yeast

Topping

4 cups (3 large) Apples, peeled & sliced

½ cup Pecans, chopped

⅓ cup Sugar

¼ cup Butter, melted

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Lemon rind, grated

Butter Sauce

1 cup Sugar

½ cup Butter

½ cup Half and Half cream

1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

Bread Machine Method

Have liquid ingredients at 80º F and all others at room temperature. Place ingredients in pan in the order listed. Select dough/manual cycle. Do not use the delay timer. After 5 minutes of kneading, open lid of bread machine. Scrape sides of bread pan with rubber spatula, moving the soft batter towards kneading blade to assist mixing. Do not add additional flour. When cycle is complete, remove batter and follow directions under the Shaping, Rising and Baking section below. See our Bread Machine section for more helpful tips and information.